# Add Existing Images to the Filmstrip Window

You can drag-and-drop existing images to the Filmstrip window. When doing so, In-Sight ViDi automatically creates a new, separate frame for each dropped image. Use this method if you want to quickly add images for playback, and the configuration of the frames is not a concern. Perform the following steps to do so:

1. Go to the Filmstrip window. If it not already visible, click View > Filmstrip in the View menu.

2. The Filmstrip window should appear.

3. Select the image(s) in Windows Explorer that you want to add, hold the left mouse button, and then drag the image(s) to the Filmstrip window. Release the left mouse button once the mouse cursor changes to to drop the image(s) to the Filmstrip window.

   Note:
   - Images are added sequentially to the Filmstrip window. In other words, if there are frames already present in the window, drag-and-dropped images are appended after the existing content.

   - When adding content to the Filmstrip with this method, the new frames take the name defined with the Name control, and the sequence number set with the Counter control. The only exception to this is when the imported image files follow the Filmstrip's frame naming format:

     <Name>_<4-digit_counter>_<14-digit_timestamp>

     Therefore, for example, if an image file is named Circuit_0003_20200815103515 (indicating that it is a circuit image, with a sequence number of three, and created August 15 2020, at 10:35:15), it will be added to the Filmstrip as Circuit 0003, and the frame's configuration file will also inherit the image file's name.

   - Images with a filename that does not conform to the Filmstrip's file naming format can be added multiple times to the Filmstrip. However, images that conform to the above frame naming format can only be added once. Drag-and-dropping them again to the Filmstrip returns the following warning:

   In the below example, the images have been selected in Windows Explorer and then they have been drag-and-dropped into the Filmstrip. (Reload this page, or right-click on the GIF file and open it in a new browser tab or window to play it from the beginning.)

Note:

If nothing happens when you drop the selected images into the Filmstrip, check the following:

- Make sure that the selected images are either 8-bit BMP or JPG files.